New U.N. Human Rights Chief Urges Action to End Conflicts in Syria and Iraq
GENEVA — Zeid Ra’ad Zeid al-Hussein began his tenure on Monday as the United Nations human rights chief with a strongly worded statement in which he forcefully condemned Islamic extremism and urged international action to end conflicts in Syria and Iraq.
New UN rights chief: Syria, Iraq is first priority
GENEVA (AP) — The Jordanian prince taking the helm of the U.N.'s human rights office urged the world Monday to set as its first priority bringing a halt to the gruesome and conjoined conflicts in Iraq and Syria. Newly appointed U.N. High Commissioner for ...
New U.N. rights boss urges world to protect women in Iraq, Syria
GENEVA (Reuters) - The new U.N. human rights chief called on Monday for the world to protect women and minorities targeted by Islamic State militants in Iraq and Syria which he said were "increasingly conjoined conflicts". Zeid Ra'ad al Hussein, Jordan's ...
Iraq parliament session to vote on government scheduled for Monday
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraqi parliament is scheduled to be convened on Monday night to vote on Prime Minister-designate Haider al-Abadi's proposed cabinet, the parliament speaker Selim al-Jabouri's office said on Sunday. State television also reported the ...
U.S. Expands Air Offensive in Iraq to Protect Haditha Dam
The U.S. expanded its air offensive in Iraq by conducting strikes for the first time in the western part of the country to protect the Haditha Dam. The new offensive, using fighter and bomber aircraft, was carried out yesterday and follows weeks of strikes ...
U.S. widens Iraq effort, launches airstrikes near Haditha Dam
U.S. fighter and bomber jets conducted a new series of airstrikes against Islamic State militants near the Haditha Dam in western Iraq, the Pentagon said Sunday, marking a further expansion of the air campaign that began last month. The dam is controlled ...
U.S. airstrikes target ISIS fighters near 2nd-largest dam in Iraq
Baghdad, Iraq (CNN)-- The U.S. military launched airstrikes targeting ISIS fighters around a key dam in western Iraq on Sunday, the Pentagon said. It carried out the airstrikes near Haditha Dam at Iraq's request, according to Rear Adm. John Kirby, the ...
ISIS push for Iraq's dams draws American airstrikes
TBILISI, Georgia - The U.S. military said Sunday it launched airstrikes around Haditha Dam in western Iraq, targeting Islamic State of Iraq and Syria insurgents there for the first time in a move to prevent the group from capturing the vital dam.
U.S. Launches Airstrikes Around Iraq's Haditha Dam
TBILISI, Georgia (AP) — The U.S. military said Sunday it launched airstrikes around Haditha Dam in western Iraq, targeting Islamic State insurgents there for the first time in a move to prevent the group from capturing the vital dam. The strikes ...
US launches new airstrikes against ISIS in western Iraq
The U.S. has launched fresh airstrikes against the Islamic State militant group in an effort to keep the Haditha Dam in western Iraq in the hands of that country's army. U.S. Central Command confirmed the airstrikes in a statement issued early Sunday ...
